Now that the Egyptian military dictatorship of 30 years has fallen, other nations in the Middle East have seen protests by their people. The main theme seems to be democracy and more freedom.
The fact that the first thing the Egyptian people did with their new freedom was to go on strike for higher wages seems to be progress to them, but they still do not have a functioning government. What they do not understand is that freedom and democracy does not come overnight and fundamental changes take time.
The first thing the Egyptian people need to do is to elect a new government, not worry about how much money they are making. The new leadership will be the one to institute social reforms and help the people, but that will require time to initiate and implement.
Just toppling Mubarak and his regime will not bring democracy but it is only the beginning. Now, the hard work is about to begin. This change will require a new government to bring forth legislations that can help the people.
What most Egyptians do not realize yet is that real social change and how it will affect their personal lives for the better is still, at minimum, a year away. Democracy does not have instant benefits, just a pathway for change.
What is really ironic is this people power revolution has started to spread across the Middle East. The instigators are the imam’s of the Shiite muslim sect. The problem is that they are pushing for democratic changes in the Kingdoms of Jordan, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. These are monarchies, not democratic or dictatorship societies.
The last time a monarchy was removed from power and replaced with a democratic society was in 1905, when the Czar of Russia was overthrown. But that changed to communism almost immediately. Before that, there was the French revolution in 1789 and of course, the most famous of them all was when the British were kicked out of America in 1776. In each of those instances, it took time to improve the lives of the people by their new governments.
What is really ironic is that the religious leaders of Iran are instructing the Shiite imam’s across the Middle East to stir up protests, but the same is not allowed in Iran. The Iranian people have the same complaints about their government as the Egyptian people did. The main difference is that the Iran secret police are still killing the protesters and all of the leaders of the resistance.
I hope the world finally wakes up and recognizes that this ploy by Iran is to rid all the governments that are friends with America. This very well could be the beginning of the prophesied event of Armageddon.
The Muslim cause is to take over the world and convert it, by force if necessary. This has been clearly stated by the imam’s in their preaching to the masses. This spread of so called democracy is just the spreading of Iran’s influence on countries that were aligned with the west. If Bahrain falls, then the home of the 7th fleet of America will no longer have their home port. This is what Iran and its leaders wish.
As an American, I encourage the spread of democracy, real democracy, and not what occurred in Russia when their people power revolution replaced one authoritarian power with another.
With Iran influencing the overthrowing of their neighboring counties through so-called democratic movement while denying their own people the same freedoms, this is just an obvious power struggle for dominance of the region that could spread to the world.
You are not fooling this American, Mr. Ahmadinejad. I just hope the rest of the world sees your evil move for power before it is too late.
